Bus Hits EDSA Barrier Causing An Accident

[Altis6453]

This is really disheartening. We have to rein in these drivers. We need to have safe roads. As a nation, we need to have a culture of safety.

Or, maybe we should adopt a system which guarantees a swifter and more drastic resolution of traffic infractions by PUV drivers.

Personally, fines and suspensions really don't cut it anymore. I'm more in favor of something more draconian, a 'la Singapore like caning if the traffic infraction causes damage or injury to persons or property. It should be done very publicly so that these PUV drivers will think twice before every disobeying traffic rules again.

For the operators, summary impoundment and revocation of franchises after the 3rd infraction ought to do the trick. And, where those pricks in the LTFRB with vested interests are concerned, have them dismissed from the service as well.

[machine.pistol]

The LTO does not think of ways to monitor driver's licenses issued. Under the Traffic Code, a license may be suspended or revoked if, within a 12 month period, a driver commits traffic violation three times. But the LTO does not have a database. This is actually a demerits system that's being practiced in advanced countries.

[cast_no_shadow]

1 month suspension for the drivers DL

is that enough? Tsk tsk




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[ronw123w124]

1 month suspension for the drivers DL

is that enough? Tsk tsk




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Penalty is too light IMO.

[Monseratto]

Heard the driver is asking for mercy, since he has a family to feed and this is the only "skill" he knows...

[NiCe2KnowU]

Haha skill ba yun, hindi nga sya marunong magdrive ih, magtinda na lang sya ng mani

[absinthe]

^^ Epal driver:

"ginitgit ako nung katabi kong bus"

"naghahanap buhay lang po ako" achuhuhuhuhu

Eh ano to:

Wayward bus driver a 3-time test flunker
By: Erika Sauler
*erikasauler
Philippine Daily Inquirer
12:40 AM February 4th, 2016

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Prior to being hired by Joanna Jesh, Labin was a trucker who had flunked the test “three times” before finally obtaining a driver’s license on his fourth try, the LTFRB official told the Inquirer.

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In 2008, a speeding Joanna Jesh bus figured in an accident on Edsa that killed an optometrist.

Kung hindi pa to napost sa TGP, nganga lang to sigurado.

Yung Gasat Express roadkill din mga driver nito.

[machine.pistol]

This is what we really need to inculcate in all of us-- sense of accountability for our actions. This applies to citizens and government alike. Each citizen must know that if he does something wrong, then he must expect imposition of penalty. On the part of government, it must exact accountability from its citizens. In other countries, drivers know that if they commit a traffic violation, their license may be suspended or worse revoked, and without a license, their mobility would be severely restricted. This is especially true in California where most people move around in their cars.

[dishcom]

Sa mga pub driver.. pag 3x na dapat naka gawa ng mali na parang ang mali ay hindi gawain ng pro e dapat e non pro na lang ang license nila for 1 year or 5years.. kagaya ng ganyan. Tinakbuhan ang na saging barrier. Hindi gawain ng isang pro yan. Dapat tumigil siya agad at inaayos niya at binayaran niya ang mga nasira.

[Monseratto]

Be like Ruby...

[CLAVEL3699]

Be like Ruby...

humarang? Bilib ako syo ateh... ang tapang mo.

[_Cathy_]

^OO nga e. Buti hindi siya inararo ng bus

[donbuggy]

Once upon a time in EDSA, an island separated the three main lanes from the service road. Then it was removed. Then those plastic thingys were placed. No long term planning.

[XTO]

Eto na, papalitan na ng concrete barriers.

After a wayward bus plowed through orange plastic barriers along EDSA on Monday, Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group Director C/Supt. Arnold Gunnacao clarified in an interview that the Department of Public Works and Highways is already installing permanent concrete barriers on the national highway.
In an interview with “News To Go” on Tuesday, Gunnacao said that the DPWH has been installing concrete barriers along EDSA-Cubao, and will continue through Shaw Boulevard until Ayala Avenue in Makati City.
He added that the agency started with the plastic barriers to be able to make adjustments regarding openings for vehicles, and to orient motorists to the new boundaries.
“Initially, hindi concrete barrier dahil magkakaroon pa ng adjustments dapat,” Gunnacao said. “Tinitignan natin kung saan ilalagay ang opening slots. Pero eventually, nag-produce na ng concrete barriers ang DPWH. Sa katunayan, nailagay na sa kahabaan ng Cubao. Mababa pa lang, hindi katulad ng orange barriers.”
Gunnacao added, “Eventually, ang gagawin ng DPWH, lahat ng bus lanes ay lalagyan na ng concrete barriers.”
Gunnacao said that measures are also being made to ensure that the barriers currently in use are visible to motorists even at night.
"'Yung mga blue [barriers], talagang ipinapatanggal ko o kaya pinapa-alternate ko sa orange barriers kasi hindi talaga nakikita ang blue [pag gabi]," he said. "Yung mga hindi nakikita pinapalagyan ko ng sticker. Actually, hindi naman namin trabaho iyon, nirerequest lang namin sa DPWH at sa MMDA na lagyan ng sticker. Pero yung iba na hindi nagagawan ng paraan agad, yung Highway Patrol na ang gumagawa ng paraan para maging reflectorized,” he said.
Aside from the concrete barriers, steel fences are also set to be installed along EDSA.
The project is set to be carried out in the next two months.
“Nag-start na and continuous ito within two months' time. Gagawin ng DPWH depende sa dating ng supplies at pag-manufacture ng steel fence,” Gunnacao said.
The HPG is also helping the MMDA investigate the bus incident.
On Tuesday, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board served a Show Cause Order on JoannaJesh Transport Corp., giving it five days to explain why its Certificates of Public Convenience should not be canceled or suspended for its unit's "alleged racing with another bus" along EDSA, resulting in the scattering of the barriers.
Once identified, the driver may be charged with damage to property and reckless driving.
Gunnacao reminds motorists, “'Wag tayong makipag-unahan sa kapwa driver, dahil ang resulta lang ay gitgitan at heavier traffic. Maging defensive driver po tayo. Ang barriers na ito ay paraan upang madisiplina ang mga motorista, kaya sana sumunod tayo sa tamang linya para hindi na makaharang sa kalsada.” — Bianca Rose Dabu/BM, GMA News
- See more at: HPG chief: DPWH installing concrete barriers on EDSA | News | GMA News Online

HPG chief: DPWH installing concrete barriers on EDSA | News | GMA News Online

[cast_no_shadow]

Hmm with a speeding bus, hindi ba yan mauusog pa din? mas fatal dun sa tatamaan and dun sa bus as well.

[yebo]

The LTO does not think of ways to monitor driver's licenses issued. Under the Traffic Code, a license may be suspended or revoked if, within a 12 month period, a driver commits traffic violation three times. But the LTO does not have a database. This is actually a demerits system that's being practiced in advanced countries.

they do have a data base. I know since I was warned the last time I had a speeding ticket at SCTEX strike 2 na daw ako and one more would result in the suspension of my license for 6 months. btw i do not overspeed anymore (my definition being 145 kph and above), i keep my speed below the "ticket speed" of 120 kph (mostly 115 kph).

the 3 strikes period is not just for 1 year. if what i was told at the lto is true, it is 3 in one year OR 3 of the same nature within the validity of the license (or 2 years).

[kimbon]

Eto na, papalitan na ng concrete barriers.
HPG chief: DPWH installing concrete barriers on EDSA | News | GMA News Online

it only shows na walang disiplina ang mga motorista lalo na ang mga moron bus driver na kailangan pang lagyan ng concrete barrier along Edsa
sorry to say mga barbaric countries na lang ang naglalagay ng concrete barrier along the roads. halos lahat ata ng ibang bansa plastic barrier na nilalagay as "safety" international std.

Hmm with a speeding bus, hindi ba yan mauusog pa din? mas fatal dun sa tatamaan and dun sa bus as well.

+1 here. talagang fatal ang concrete barrier. okay lang naman sa HPG/MMDA na may mamatayan keysa masira ang plastic barrier kung sakaling magkaroon ng aksidente. Nearly 20M ang budget daw para sa concrete barrier along edsa lang. sayang din daw ang tongpats sa 20M.

[Ry_Tower]

it only shows na walang disiplina ang mga motorista lalo na ang mga moron bus driver na kailangan pang lagyan ng concrete barrier along Edsa
sorry to say mga barbaric countries na lang ang naglalagay ng concrete barrier along the roads. halos lahat ata ng ibang bansa plastic barrier na nilalagay as "safety" international std.


+1 here. talagang fatal ang concrete barrier. okay lang naman sa HPG/MMDA na may mamatayan keysa masira ang plastic barrier kung sakaling magkaroon ng aksidente. Nearly 20M ang budget daw para sa concrete barrier along edsa lang. sayang din daw ang tongpats sa 20M.

I agree, mas okay at safe yang orange plastic barrier basta lagyan lang din tuig kahit kalahati lang para hindi naman tatangayin kapag malakas ang bugso ng hangin.

[absinthe]

Mukang naging short-sighted at walang planning when the authorities decided to remove the barriers in place during the 70s.



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[XTO]

Mas iingatan nila yang concrete barrier kaysa plastic, believe me. wasak sila pag binale wala at sinagasaan nila yan. Also may nasampolan nang bus. Kita nyo bukod sa barrier may screen pa para sa mga pasaway na pedestrian. It only shows dapat lang.


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